Combined tie-plate and rail clamp



May 29, 192s.

E. DIAL COMBINED TIE PLATE AND RAIL CLAMP Filed July 18, 1927 z'zziaizi z mm atteint/go Patented May 29, 1928.

ELLIOTT DIAL, or BAsTaor, LOUISIANA.

COMBINED TIE-,PLATE AND RAIL CLAMP.

Application inea July is;

This invention relates to a combined tiel plate and rail clamp, one o the objects bcing to provide a plate adapted to extend under both rails of a track and so shaped as to constitute a means for holding the rails properly spaced apart, thereby obviating the necessity of employing a gage when laying the rail A further object is to provide a device of this character which will tightly grip the rails and hold them firmlyagainst displacement without requiring the use of bolts such as lcommonly employed for fastening the rai s.

Another object is to provide a device of this character the parts of which can be assembled readily. v

With the foregoing and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in they combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings: j

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device in use.

Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the late members.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the other plate member. v

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5, Figure 1. f

Referring to the figuresby characters of reference 1 designates a plate having one end reduced in -thickness at 2 and provided with apertures 3 for the reception of spikes 4 or the like whereby the plate can be secured to a tie T. Adjacent this reduced end the plate is formed with a transverse recess 5 the width of which is greater than the width of the base B of a rail R. One side of the recess 5 is undercut as at 6 to receive one of the base flanges of the rail while the other side of the recess is also undercut to provide an upwardly inclined wall 7. That end of the plate 1 remote from the reduced portion 2 is recessed as at 8' to receive a 1927. 'Serial No. 206,599..

base flange of a rail, the distance between this ond of theplate and the undercut wall G of the recessf5 being such that whentwo rails are positioned with base flanges in engagemcnt withA the saidportions, saidrails will be spaced apart correctly for use. longitudinal channel 9 is formed in the bottom face of the plate 1 and intersects the bottom of the recess 5, this channel extending from under the recessed or undercut wall 6 to the remote end of the plate where it intersects the recess 8.

The other member of the device consists of a plate 10 the width of which is slightly7 less than the width of the channel 9. This plate is provided atone end with a head 11 having a recess v12 extending thereinto for the reception of a base flange of a rail R, that side of the head remote from the recess being undercut or beveled as shown at 13. .This head is adapted to extend into the recess 5 when plate 10 is seated in channel 9. An enlargement 14 is provided at the other end of the plate 10 and has an apertured flange 15 for the reception of spikes or the like. This enlargement has a thickened portion 16 formed with a recess 17 adapted to receive the outer base flange of a rail.

As shown particularly in Figure 1 the undercut `or beveled walls 7 and 13 converge toward one side of the tie plate.- Thus a beveled wedge 18 can be inserted between the said walls and, when driven endwise, will serve to force the head 11 toward the rail R engaged thereby and at thesame time draw the enlargement 14 toward the adjacent engaged rail R. Thereafter the parts can be held securely together by fastening them t0 a tie with the usual spikes, one spike 19 being driven through registering apertures 20 in the plate 1 and the wedge 18.

In assemblingthe two parts of the tie plate it is merely necessary rst to place the two rails in engagement with the proper portion of the plate 1. Thereafter the plate 10 is inserted under the plate 1 until the head 11 arrives within the recess 5 whereupon further sliding movement ofthe plate 10 in one direction will bring the recesses v12 and 17 where they will receive` the adjacent flanges of the rails. Thereafter the parts are fastened as already explained.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined tie plate and rail clamp including a member having spaced portions for engagement with the base flanges at one side PATENT OFFICE.v g

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of separate rails resting on the member., there beinga transverse recess in seid member for receiving one of the rails and a longitudinal channel in the bottom of said member opening into the recess, and e seeen'd member hevng spaced rail engaging portions for eugagement with the other flanges oi' the said rails, one of seid portions being .insertibie upwardly into the recess in the iirst member.

2. .A combined tie plate and rail clamp including a member having spaced portions for engagement with the base Heiliges et one side of separate rails resting on the member, there being e transverse recess in said me1nber `for receiving one of the rails and `ai longitndinzil channel in the bottom of seid inember opening into the recess, e seeond'inemher havino s awed siii envar 'infr oi'tions for enf b b b gageinent with the other flanges o'f the said .between one Wall orf the recess and seid i11- serted rail engaging portion, thereby to shift all of the rail, engaging portions to bind them upon rails inserted therebetween.`

` 1n. testimony that I claim the foregoing es my ownyI have hereto atixed i'ny signature.

ELLIOTT DIAL.v 

